Download Geo Map Project

Geometry Map Project
Angles, Lines and Triangles
Directions: Your task is to design a map that includes several different kinds of lines,
angles and triangles. Your map can be of a town, your neighborhood or a made up place. It
must however include the following:
_____ 1. Two sets of streets that are parallel
(Parallel -_______________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 2. Two sets of streets that are perpendicular
(Perpendicular - _______________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 3. One street that intersects another street to form an obtuse angle
(Obtuse -________________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 4. One street intersects another to form an acute angle
(Acute -________________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 5. One street that is a line segment
(Line Segment -________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 6. One street that is a line
(Line -___________________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 7. One street that is a ray
(Ray - ___________________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 8. An ice cream parlor in the shape of an equilateral triangle
(Equilateral triangle - _________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 9. A Pool that is in the shape of a scalene triangle
(Scalene triangle - ______________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 10. A Pizza Place in the shape of a Isosceles triangle
(Isosceles triangle - ___________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 11. A Grocery Store in the shape of a trapezoid
(Trapezoid - ___________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 12. A Bicycle Shop in the shape of a rhombus
(Rhombus - ____________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 13. A Daycare in the shape of a square
(Square - ______________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 14. A park in the shape of a right triangle
(Right triangle - ________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 15. A City Hall in the shape of a kite
(Kite - ___________________________________________________________________________________________)
_____ 16. Your map must also include a compass rose and a scale factor
******Once your map is completed you are to write out five directions from one place to
another. Each direction must have one of these terms: parallel, intersecting or
perpendicular. These directions need to be written so that your class mates can get from
one place to another without getting lost! Directions must be typed or hand written neatly
so they can be read.